myo-, my-, myos-
(Greek: muscle; said to be from a Greek word meaning "mouse")
From Greek mu[s], my[os], meaning "mouse", as in myomancy.
The outermost sheath of connective tissue that surrounds each skeletal muscle that provides movement of the skeleton, as when walking and lifting: "The epimysia consist of reticular (netlike) and elastic fibers, connective tissue cells, and fat cells."
myasthenai
myoathrophy
myoatrophy
myobradia
myocardial
myocarditis
myocardium
myochrome
myodynamic
myofibril
One of the slender threads of a muscle fiber, composed of numerous myofilaments (ultramicroscopic threadlike structures composing the myofibrils of striated muscle fibers).
myofibroma
A benign tumor derived from smooth muscle.
myofibrosis
1. Replacement of muscle tissue by fibrous tissue.
2. Chronic myositis with diffuse hyperplasia of the interstitial connective tissue pressing upon and causing atrophy of the muscular tissue.
2. Chronic myositis with diffuse hyperplasia of the interstitial connective tissue pressing upon and causing atrophy of the muscular tissue.
myofibrositis
Inflammation of the perimysium or the connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, and sends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular fibers.
myogenesis
